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The readings listed in the table below are intended as secondary references, and are taken from the following textbook:

Amazon logo Fischer, Hugo B., John E. List, C. Robert Koh, Jorg Imberger, and Norman H. Brooks. Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 0122581504.

Supplemental Readings


SES #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction
2-3Molecular Diffusion

Random Walk Processes

Application to Solar Ponds
Chapter 2
4-6Turbulent Advection and Diffusion

1-, 2-, and 3-D Models of Concentration Distributions from Point, Line, and Plane Sources

Instantaneous and Continuous Discharges

Applications to Water and Air Pollution
Chapters 3 and 5
7-8Spatial Averaging

Longitudinal Dispersion in Steady and Unsteady Flows

Applications to Rivers
Chapter 4
9-11Mixing in Estuaries and Embayments

Tidal Motion, Salinity Intrusion

Flushing and Residence Time Concepts

Field Tracer Studies
Chapters 7 and 8
12First Quiz
13Reactor Tanks (Fully Mixed, Dispersed Flow, and Plug Flow)

Models of Reservoirs and Ponds

Applications
14-15Initial Mixing (Jets and Plumes; Ocean Outfalls)

Applications
Chapter 9
16-17Surface Boundary Processes: Exchange of Mass, Momentum, and Thermal Energy

Thermal Stratification in Lakes and Reservoirs

Models of Oil Spill Trajectory

Gas Exchange
Chapter 6
18-19Bottom Boundary Processes: Sediment Erosion/Deposition

Discrete and Flocculant Settling

Sorption Processes

Sediment-Water Exchange
20-21Carbon, Nutrient, and Oxygen Cycles

Dissolved Oxygen in Rivers and Estuaries
22-23Numerical Models of Hydrodynamics and Water Quality and their Linkage in 1-, 2-, and 3-D

Model Selection/Assessment

Case Studies
24Second Quiz
25-26Student Presentations



Supplemental Readings


Amazon logo Chapra, Steven C. Surface Water Quality Modeling. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996. ISBN: 0070113645.

Amazon logo Clark, Mark M. Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN: 047112348X.

Amazon logo DiToro, Dominic M. Sediment Flux Modeling. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. ISBN: 0471135356.

Environmental Protection Agency. "Water Quality Assessment: A Screening Procedure for Toxic and Conventional Pollutants in Surface and Ground Water: Parts I and II." EPA/600/6-85/002, 1985.

Holley, Edward R., and Jirka, Gerhard H. "Mixing in Rivers." Technical Report E-86-11, Environmental and Water Quality Operational Studies, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, 1986.

Amazon logo Martin, James L., and Steven C. McCutcheon. Hydrodynamics and Transport for Water Quality Modeling. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, 1999. ISBN: 0873716124.

Amazon logo Orlob, Gerald T., ed. Mathematical Modeling of Water Quality: Streams, Lakes, and Reservoirs. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. ISBN: 0471100315.

Amazon logo Rutherford, J.C. River Mixing. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1994. ISBN: 0471942820.

Amazon logo Schnoor, Jerald L. Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN: 0471124362.

Amazon logo Thomann, Robert V., and John A. Mueller. Principles of Surface Water Quality Modeling and Control. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1997. ISBN: 0060466774.


 








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